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The 30th Anniversary of Papaw's Death

...Almost fifty-three years ago, I became your grandson.
You died 30 years ago today at the age of seventy-one.
You became sick when a doctor prescribed you some Dilantin.
The allergy ended your life...

Categories: morristown, anniversary, death, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme

Goodbye Kmart

...The Kmart has closed that was located in Morristown, Tennessee.
That's one less place where people can shop and that includes me.
This particular Kmart was built in 1974.
After being in business f...

Categories: morristown, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme

Two Years With Agnes

...I adopted my Chihuahua Dog two years ago today.
I'll be Agnes's last owner, she's here to stay.
I adopted her in Morristown, Tennessee.
I am lucky because Agnes is with me.
Two years has been how...

Categories: morristown, animal, anniversary, dog, pets,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Hanging of Antoine Leblanc

...
Here we are in the village of Morristown, New Jersey.
It is September the sixth in the year of our Lord, 1833.
French immigrant Antoine LeBlanc went on a killing spree.
He took the lives...

Categories: morristown, history, murder,
Form: Rhyme

Morristown Hamblen Healthcare

...I developed an ileus from being constipated.
This isn't something that's being exaggerated.
It's a blockage of the intestines, that's something I soon realized.
For a week and a half, my illness c...

Categories: morristown, health,
Form: Rhyme

Silver Star

...Let me tell you about a lady who was great.
But sadly, she passed away back in 2008.
While she lived with her relatives, she had to start working at 14 to be able to survive.
She died at the age o...

Categories: morristown, death, dedication, sad,
Form: Rhyme

Suicide In Wal-Mart

...A man went in Wal-mart and committed suicide.
The poor people who saw this must be traumatized.
Suicide is wrong but it's even worse to do it in a public place.
He probably did it because he had p...

Categories: morristown, deathpeople, people,
Form: Rhyme

Black Rights

...This is the month when the accomplishments of black people are celebrated.
But until around 1980 the schools in Morristown Tennessee were still 
segregated.
That was shocking and it wasn't right.
...

Categories: morristown, angst, life, loss, people,
Form: Dramatic Verse

General Washington

...GENERAL WASHINGTON


Once in command, he boxed in the British 
At Boston where he captured Dorchester Heights,
Overlooking the Brits at his mercy 
As his men took aim with their cannon sites.
...

Categories: morristown, history, passion, visionary, men,
Form: ABC